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NASA.Aral Sea (03/04/2010)

The Aral Sea, located in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in central Asia. Left: 2000. Middle: 2004. Right: 2009. Once one of the largest inland bodies of salty reservoirs in the world and the second largest sea in Asia, the Aral Sea has shrunk dramatically over the last 30 years. One of the main reasons why is crop irrigation: water has been drawn off by upstream feeder streams. As the sea diminishes, noticeable changes in climate conditions and increasing sandstorms are affecting the area. Images taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MODIS on NASA's Terra satellite. Credit: NASA.


This item is part of the collection: NASA Images

Identifier: 430112main_aral_sea
Creator: NASA.
Date: 03/04/2010
Filename: 430112main_aral_sea_full.jpg
Mediatype: image
Rights: Public Domain
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/fluxGallery/Aral_Sea.html
What: STEREO
Where: Australia
Year: 2010
Publicdate: 2010-06-01 21:55:31
Addeddate: 2010-06-01 21:55:31
Keywords: What -- STEREO; Where -- Australia

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